I don’t normally write about the saint a mission was named for, but today I’m finding solace in Santa (Saint) Barbara. She was a third century pagan who was beheaded for converting to Christianity. Her passion for her faith and her…
One of my favorite places to visit in summer is Pismo Beach. It is a little less glamorous than its popular northern neighbor Carmel By The Sea, and a little less crowded. Though it seems the crowded part is changing….
I’m standing in a Wells Fargo Bank waiting to speak with a teller when I notice a mural on the wall. It has the iconic Wells Fargo stage coach on it and a picture of one of the California Spanish…
This statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha is located behind Mission Buenaventura in front of the parish school. “I am not my own; I have given myself to Jesus. He must be my only love.” ~ St. Kateri Tekakwitha
I’m home visiting my parents for a few weeks and something reminded me of these photos and blog post I wrote two years ago last month- before I started this blog and before I walked the. Camino. It was June…
Remember that time I visited the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco with “The Visitors?” I promised I would go back and take pictures of the scaled replica of Saint Francis’s Porziuncola (small portion of land), which is…